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			<h1>Tablet plan shopping</h1>
			<p>Day 00132: <time>Friday, 2015 July 17</time></p>
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	My mobile has been out of service for a few days, so I thought now would be a good time to shop around again.
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	First, I stopped by the Devote 30 store once more.
	Luckily for me, the correct representative was in, so I was able to get right to business.
	He hadn&apos;t heard about the <abbr title="subscriber identity module">SIM</abbr> card coming in, so he called someone to check on it.
	It appears that Devote 30 is unable to get or activate these <abbr title="subscriber identity module">SIM</abbr> cards either, which isn&apos;t too surprising.
	I had to cancel the order, but not before the representative tried to talk me into switching the order to a <abbr title="subscriber identity module">SIM</abbr> card for a different company that would give me two gigabytes of data per month for $25 <abbr title="United States Dollars">USD</abbr>.
	If I wanted two gigabytes of data per month, I could get Straight Talk&apos;s four gigabyte/two month plan for $40 <abbr title="United States Dollars">USD</abbr> and save five dollars each month over the plan Devote 30 offered me.
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	While I was in the area, I stopped at the MetroPCS store to see if they had opened up their tablet plans to bring-your-own device customers yet.
	This isn&apos;t the location I would normally go to, but I figured I was already here and I could ask at both locations in hopes that they would both express to their superiors that a potential customer wanted this.
	It turns out that one of the people at this location has already been pestering his superiors about this, and says he&apos;ll continue doing so in hopes that he won&apos;t have to turn me away again next month.
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	Next, I stopped by the MetroPCS location that I normally drop in at, but I found that they have closed shop! It&apos;s a good thing I stopped at the other one, because this one won&apos;t be selling me anything any time soon.
	Having exhausted my options as I knew I likely would, I picked up a scratch card to renew my Straight Talk service.
	After using it a while, it certainly shows that it is bargain brand service, but for the price, I can&apos;t really complain too much.
	The only better deal I know of doesn&apos;t really work due to being exclusive to one device that doesn&apos;t meet my needs.
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